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Old January 17, 2010, 12:39 PM
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Thanks, Irmamar. [Edited for stupidity of the current poster...........] Sorry, Irmamar - now I see your corrections. THANKS!!

So, if it's not really a day of parties (well, some might party, but not everyone) ... it's just a day off of work because it's Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. It's kind of like when we have President's Day holiday - it's just a day off of work in honor of the birthdays of several US presidents. Is it still called festivo o es día de fiesta?
Sí, así es. Por ejemplo, Navidad es un día festivo (o día de fiesta o, simplemente, fiesta). Hay gente que coge varios días de vacaciones durante las Navidades, pero el 25 de diciembre es festivo, no es un día de vacaciones.
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Thanks, Irmamar. [Edited for stupidity of the current poster...........] And sorry, Hernán - now I see your corrections. THANKS!!

So, if it's not really a day of parties (well, some might party, but not everyone) ... it's just a day off of work because it's Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. It's kind of like when we have President's Day holiday - it's just a day off of work in honor of the birthdays of several US presidents. Is it still called festivo o es día de fiesta?
En Chile dia libre por los días que son off.

Se le llama festivo a los días en que se festeja algún acontecimiento ya sea histórico o religioso.

y vacaciones es cuando usas días (off) extra, o sea si tus días libres son el sábado y el domindo y pides un día extra libre (off) ese es un día de vacaciones. :-)

O para cuando te vas de vacaciones, o sea por una semana o más.
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GREAT! Thanks!
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Sigue leyendo.
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If the imperative is sigue and not segue, then the Tomisimo conjugation for the imperative is wrong.
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"Sigue" is correct (segue ).
Wayhay - kudos for Perikles (nobody seemed to notice )
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Wayhay - kudos for Perikles (nobody seemed to notice )
I did, but I didn't know you were so insecure...
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Wayhay - kudos for Perikles (nobody seemed to notice )
¿Qué es kudos?
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Rusty? Malila? David? Someone with access to the dictionary? Can we have that changed? THANKS!!
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¿Qué es kudos?
kàdoj = glory, fame
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Okay, upon further reading, I see that for progressive use of the present participle, se usa not only "estar", but sometimes "andar", "continuar", "seguir" and "venir".

So, how about some of the following?

She walked around singing to herself.
Ella andaba cantando a si misma.

The record continued playing. It was stuck.
El disco continuaba tocando. Quedó pegado en el mismo lugar. (That one has a bonus past participle thrown in for free....)

I will keep working. I want to learn to speak Spanish.
Seguiré trabajando. Quiero aprender hablar esañol.

They come bringing gifts.
Ellos viene trayendo regalos.
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